Horseshoe.



PATENTED FEB. 25, 1908.

' 5. WOLLET. HORSBSHOE. APPLICATION IILED PEB. 18, 1907.

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HORSE SHOE Specification of Letters Patent. Patented Feb. 25, 1908.

Application filed February 18. 1907- Serial No. 3581022.

To all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, EDWARD WoLLET, a citizen of the United States, residing at l j the screws 6 coact with the key flanges and j key slots to secure the calks firmly to the shoe and yet enable said calks to be readily Cleveland, in the county of Cuyahoga and removed from the shoe, it being only neces- State of Ohio, have invented new and useful sary to first remove the screws 6 to permit Improvements in Horseshoes, of which the the key flanges to be moved longitudinally in following is a specification. the key slots to clear the inclined ends of said My invention is an improved horseshoe flanges from those of said slots and hence having detachable calks which may be readenable said key flanges to be readily taken ily removed and replaced by others when they out from the under sides of said slots without have become worn, and may be also removed the necessity of having to first remove the and replaced by calks appropriate to differshoe from the horses hoof. ent conditions; and the said invention con- Within the scope of my invention the toe sists in the construction, combination and-arcalks may be of any shape and construction. rangement of devices hereinafter described They are here shown for the purpose of this and claimed. specification as beveled edge calks, such as In the accompanying drawings,Figure 1 are adapted for use on icy roads and streets. is a top plan view of a horse shoe constructed The key slots 8 in the heel portions of the in accordance with my invention; Fig. 2 is a shoe are precisely similar to the slots 2 in the sectional view of the same taken on the plane toe portion thereof, excepting that they are indicated by the line aa of Fig. 1; Fig. 3 is substantially parallel with the sides of said a front elevation of the same; Fig. 4 is a deheel portions. The heel calks 9 have key tail perspective view of one of the calks Fig. flanges 10 to enter said slots 8 and the ends 5 is a detail bottom plan view of one of the. 8 project beyond the sides of the calks and so heel portions of the shoe and of a modified are engaged by the screws 13 in the same form of heel calk. manner as are the toe calks. Each of said In accordance with my invention, the slots has one end inclined, as at 11, and each horse shoe 1, which may be of any suitable of said key flanges has one end inclined, as at shape and construction, is provided with 12, to engage said inclined end of said slot. elongated slots for the reception of key A screw 13 coacts with the shoe and with flanges on the upper ends or faces of the deeach of said key flanges to secure said heel tachable calks. Slots 2 for the reception of calks detachably in place. The heel calks the key flanges 3 of the toe calks 4 are may also within the scope of my invention obliquely disposed in the toe portion of the be of any suitable construction. As indishoe and each of the said slots has one end cated in Figs. 1 and 2 the heel calks have opinclined downwardly to be engaged by the positely beveled, downwardly converging correspondingly inclined end 5 of the key front and rear sides. In the modification flange 3. The key flange of each toe calk is shown in Fig. 5, the heel calk 14 has oppoobliquely disposed on the upper face of the sitely beveled, lateral surfaces. I do not calk and projects at one end at 3 beyond the limit myself in this particular. side of said calk, and when the said flange is From the foregoing description, taken in in the appropriate slot 2, the outer rear end connection with the accompanymg drawof said key flange is engaged by the threads ings, the construction and operation of the of a screw 6, which screw also engages a verinvention will be readily understood without tical threaded opening 7 in the shoe. The requiring a more extended explanation. head of the screw 6 bears on the under face of Various changes in the form, proportion the projecting end 3 of the key-flange 3 and and the minor details of construction may be on the shoe which in conjunction with the coresorted to without departing from the prinacting inclined ends of the slot and key holds ciple or sacrificing any of the advantages of the calk against downward movement ,hence the invention, as defined by the appended the screws perform the double function of claim. holding the calks against vertical and lateral Having thus described my invention, what movement. It will be understood that the I claim as new and desire to secure by Letshoulders formed by the ends of the upper ters-Patent, is 55 surfaces of the toe calks on either side of the In combination with a horseshoe having a key-flanges bear under the shoe and that key slot extending therethrough, one end of said slot being inclined and the other end engage said screw-threaded portion of said screw-threaded, of a calk having a key flange slot and flange to Wedge and hold said flange extending transversely across the base there tightly in position. of intermediately of its ends and projecting I In testimony whereof I have hereunto set 5 at opposite ends beyond the sides of said l my hand in the presence of two subscribing 15 calk, one end of said flange being inclined to Witnesses. engage the inclined end Wall of said slot and EDWARD VVOLLET. the other end screw-threaded .to ooact With the screw-threaded end of said slot to form a 10 screw-receiving aperture, and a set-screw .to

Witnesses: CHAS. R. MILLER, WM. ROTHENBERG. 

